OOP: Neville's Wand

[Leon Adato]

No: HPFGUIDX 62267

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> Okay, There are a few billion messages for me to catch up on so I may 
> have missed someone posting this, but was anyone else startled by 
> Neville saying that his wand had been his fathers? Could this, above 
> even his lack of self confidence, be the reason he has been so... 
> slow... to learn? I mean, a pretty big deal was made of a wizard 
> getting his first wand, and we all know that it takes a while to 
> match the right wand to the right wizard... It seems strange that 
> someone would be encouraged or allowed to use another person's wand. 
> It will be interesting to see how much more powerful Neville becomes 
> when he is matched with a wand that is right for him, and not his 
> father. I always knew he'd be a late bloomer! :)
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> Night Minstrel

Me: That's not a hard-and-fast rule. IIRC, in the first book Ron is
using a second-hand wand (from one of his brothers, I think). "You
will never get such good results from another wizards' wand" (I'm
quoting from memory) is not the same thing as "you will be a total
waste of skin if you attempt this". 

Plus, Neville's worst subject is potions - a wandless course.

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Leon Adato
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